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WXPN’s Annual Festival Features Music the Matters

The 2018 Non-Commercial Radio Convention (NonCommvention), a whirlwind of music and discussion, descended upon World Café Live at WXPN Studios in Philadelphia for the 18th straight year last week. Once again, proving the power of music.

Brooke Annibale Interview

Singer-songwriter Brooke Annibale is set to release her new EP, Words In Your Eyes, on February 5, 2013. Annibale, a Pittsburgh native with a fantastic voice has relocated to Nashville and is offering up six new tracks on this follow-up to her 2011 full-length release, Silence Worth Breaking.

We caught up with Brooke on the eve of her release and shared a six pack, RARA’s style. Here’s the RARA’s Six Pack with Brooke Annibale:

RARA’s Farm: How has the move to Nashville helped you develop as an artist?

Brooke Annibale: I think Nashville has been really good for me. I went to college here and met a lot of people I still work with in music now. I’ve also been able to discover so many other artists that I may not have if i wasn’t following the scene here. There are just so many resources here for an independent musician. It’s a community where everyone is always being creative in someway, and that is really inspiring. It definitely pushes me to try and be better at what I do.

RARA’s Farm: You’ve received accolades both for your writing and your performing, which mean the most to you?Brooke Annibale: Probably writing, since that’s really what got me started in music. I started writing lyrics before anything else. I think that writing a good song is what is most important and rewarding to me. Of course I love when the song really gets to come to life in front of an audience though!

RARA’s Farm: What’s your favorite place to play live?Brooke Annibale: Well, I always enjoy playing in my hometown, Pittsburgh and Club Cafe is a great spot for a singer-songwriter. I just got back from something called 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida (on the Panhandle). It is definitely up there on my list of favorite places to play.

RARA’s Farm: Being from Pittsburgh, is Primanti Brothers really that good?Brooke Annibale: Haha! I’ve honesty only been to Primanti’s a handful of times in my life. But yeah, it is pretty good.

RARA’s Farm: I’ve seen you compared to Natalie Merchant? Was she an influence? Who has been?Brooke Annibale: I was definitely really flattered to get that comparison, though I feel its more of a vocal rather than a genre/style comparison. I’ve had a lot of different influences and I always find that to be a hard question to answer, especially cause I’m not sure that who influences me actually shines through in my music all the time. I’ve always really liked artists like Brandi Carlile, The Swell Season…etc. Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of Kathleen Edwards, and I can definitely tell her music has had an impact on my writing a bit.

RARA’s Farm: What’s next for Brooke Annibale?Brooke Annibale: I’ve got my new EP coming out on February 5. It’s entitled Words In Your Eyes, and features 6 new songs I worked on over the past year. Now I’m trying to write and record more, and get out on the road a bit too.

RARA’sFarm: Keep your eye out for Brooke’s new album, Words In Your Eyes, available on iTunes via the link below or at her website: brookeannibale.com

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